MANAMA: A Bahraini court sentenced two men to life in prison and two others to 15 years for a car bomb attack outside a mosque in July, state news agency BNA said on Sunday.
Several vehicles were destroyed but no one was hurt in the explosion outside a Sunni mosque in Al-Riffa, south of the capital Manama, where some members of the royal family live.
Government officials said at the time the attack, which took place during evening prayers in Ramadan, was an attempt to inflame sectarian tensions.
Among other charges, the defendants were convicted of setting up and joining an organization “that uses terrorism as a means to achieve its aims,” setting off an explosion to terrorize innocent people, stealing cars and training to make explosives, BNA said.